labouring, E490 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Drive Mansions An elderly cousin of my father was able to tell me about the impact his capture and imprisonment had on his family - his sister and parents - and that helped me understand a lot about family relationships in later years. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. The march, in temperatures of -15C to -20C, caused great distress and many prisoners died. She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Watery Lane Captured RAF prisoners were first sent to the Dulag Luft transit camps near Frankfurt and then mostly taken to one of seven Stalag Luft Camps. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. It is not clear which battalion Robert served with however it is more probable that it was the 1st Battalion which formed part of the final defence force around the Dunkirk beaches. Cpl. Among them were: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! East Street The so-called Lazarett was set up on separate site with eleven concrete buildings. Jim Humphreys Essex, J. R. Skan Sid Hall Of the many horrors that would emerge from the bloody conflict, few could match the cruel concentration camps established by Germany. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. Before the end of the war he was transfered to Marlag & Milag Nor, a Naval camp; how he was made to travel there we do not know, it's a pity PCs were not around years ago. Dulag LuftUsed for: Oberursel camp, Wetzlar camp, Captured Allied aircrew were all first sent to the Dulag Luft camp run by the Luftwaffe which comprised three sites all near Frankfurt; Oberursel, central Frankfurt and Wetzlar. With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. The unlucky ones got liberated by the Soviets, who instead of turning them over quickly to the western allies, held them as virtual hostages for several more months. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. We are now on Facebook. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern Front. Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. D. A. Among them were: E715 was a POW camp for British prisoners which was administered and guarded by soldiers from Wehrmacht because it was a subcamp of Stalag VIII-B camp. I looked at the photo on the site and am wondering if he is in the picture in the back row on the right because I don't have any photos of when he was very young to compare. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern aga and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tn). St Kilda London, 29th July 1942 Chetwin, Colin Edwin, 1912-1991 Ref: DA-10725-F Description: Athletics meeting at Stalag 8B prisoner of war camp, Lamsdorf, Germany, on August Bank Holiday, 1943. Later during the war, approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, British India, British Palestine, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the United States and Yugoslavia passed through this camp. He worked in a series of work camps including Groschowitz (Groszowice) from July 1940 to October 1940 on building works, Gumpertsdorf (Komprachcice) from November 1940 to January 1941 on roadworks, Heuerstein, from 25th May 1941 to 3rd June 1941, in a quarry, Setzdorf (Vpenn), from 18th August 1941 to 27 February 1944, in another quarry, Jagerndorf (Strzelniki), from March 1944 to August 1944, on council work, Freudenthal (Bruntl), from August 1944 to September 1944, in a linen factory, and Gurschdorf (Skoroice) from September 1944 to March 1945, a quarry that was also a punishment camp. Harry before he died, age 91, began to talk of the horrendous times he endured on the march from France to Poland having to cross the River Danube on many occasions. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B.[2]. Welledale Cres Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Barnsley Birmingham, Ron Cartwright Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Trpr. It is located in Poland near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in what was then known as Upper Silesia. Church (My Pilot) E715 was next to the I.G. Roy A Flood His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck, Silesia. stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. Pte. D. A. CQSM Sidney Cecil Lawrie 1/12, 2/13, 5/13, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16 and also this link: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?CemeteryExact=true&Cemetery=KRAKOW%20RAKOWICKI%20CEMETERY, The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, POWs sent from Italian POW camp PG 82 Laterina to Lamsdorf 22 July 1943, Keith Bruce Chisholm (see pages 6-15 of this document), Eric W. Lawson(see also Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson), Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson (see also Eric W. Lawson), Charles Amos George Victor (Vic) Petersen. If you'd like to get in touch with us regarding Arthur's Wartime Log please feel free to e-mail darren@bluelight.biz, Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in, Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. A. Potter All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Stalag Luft 3Used for: Stalag Luft 3, Stalag Luft iii, Stalag Luft III, Belaria camp, Belaria, Belaria compound, Zagan camp, Zegan camp, Sagan camp, Stalag Luft 3 was in Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan, 100 miles (161 kms) south-east of Berlin. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. By early October 1939 both battalions were in position on the Belgian frontier, where they were joined in April 1940 by the 1st and 4th East Lancashires, both of 42nd Division. Welwyn Garden City Ottaw, On His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. They were ordered to march to the West. Reginald Ryder Our collection contains a wealth of material to help you research and find your connection with the wartime experiences of the brave men and women who served in Australia's military forces. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Later approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the United States passed through this camp. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. Jim Snowsell Kings Heath Manitoba E. K. West (Lofty) Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. Near Walsall There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Shaw Heath Pine Ave A. E. Collins By early October 1939 both battalions were in position on the Belgian frontier, where they were joined in April 1940 by the 1st and 4th East Lancashires, both of 42nd Division. The others served as treatment blocks with operating theaters, X-ray and laboratory facilities, as well as kitchens, a morgue, and accommodations for the medical staff. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. Scotland, 26th Jul 1942 Walter Mellor 3rd Btn. There were less than 200 survivors found. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. Transwood His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Junction Lane It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. My father enlisted in the RFC just as it became the RAF in 1918, he went to Egypt in May 39, went to Greece, escaped to Crete & was wounded & captured there. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. 29th Jul 1942. Arthur E. Adams (front row, second from left) and other fellow PoW's at Stalag VIII B, Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre), Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Stalag 3AUsed for: Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). On 1st June a determined enemy attack on the Dunkirk perimeter was halted by the gallant stand of B Company, 1st East Lancashires, for which Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews was awarded the Victoria Cross (the only one at Dunkirk), assisted by a counter-attack by the Loyals. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Laurier Ave WO 311/153 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing of British POW 1945 June - 1946 Feb. WO 311/162 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing and ill-treatment of British POWs 1944 May-1947 Apr. 13 St Saviours Rd Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. E. A. Drake Want to find out more about your relative's service? Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Ferry Road (Robert Leslie Rutherford) Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. H. J. WO 311/948 Shooting of two escaping British prisoners of war at Working Camp 4 (making a rifle range), Ostrowo, Poland (attached to Stalag XXI D, Posen), 15 July . Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Cameron St. Stalag VIII-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) located at the outskirts of Teschen, (now esk Tn, Czech Republic). An elderly cousin of my father was able to tell me about the impact his capture and imprisonment had on his family - his sister and parents - and that helped me understand a lot about family relationships in later years. Terrace Rd He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. While Esselmeyer is long gone the band is still active. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. [3], Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B, Affidavit Copy of Document NI-11696, Prosecution Exhibit 1462, Nuremberg Trials, thousands of people were being gassed and cremated at Auschwitz, "Arbeitskommando E119, Stalag VIIIB, Mankendorf", "The camp for prisoners of war from Great Britain in Klimontow near Sosnowiec, Poland", Photos and personal stories of British prisoners, "Lamsdorf: Stalag VIIIB 344 Prisoner of War Camp 1940 - 1945", "A Prisoner of War's Diary from Stalag VIIIB 1940-45", "British POW describes Arbeitskommandos E196, E702 and Saubsdorf", "Detailed scrapbook from English POW held at Stalag 344 (VIIIB)", "The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In ambinowice-Opole", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag_VIII-B&oldid=1132803810, E62 in Gliwice-Sztygarw (Ligota Zabrska) (, E565 in Siersza Wodna, present-day district of, E586 in Kazimierz, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Kazimierz/Juliusz (, E587 in Czelad-Piaski at the Czelad coal mine (Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E702 in Klimontw, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Klimontw (, E719 in Gliwice-Sztygarw (Ligota Zabrska) (, E738 in Trzebinia at a refinery managed by, E744 in Kazimierz Grniczy, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Kazimierz-Juliusz (, E754 in Czelad at the Mars coal mine (252 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E758 in Knurw at Dworcowa street (169 POWs, 2 buildings), E760 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - work for the Narrow-Gauge Railway Authority (58 POWs) (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E761 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - transport (17 POWs) (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E762 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom at a concrete factory (, This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 17:42. A photomontage of images from Stalag VIIIb prisoner of war came including a German list of prisoners who escaped from the Camp and featuring the profile of . He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. The Wehrmacht closed POW camp E715 on January 21, 1945 forcing the British POWs to undertake a forced march to Stalag VII-A at Moosburg in Germany. Dad arrived at Belaria in late October44. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. Wallasey 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Thus a camp within a camp was created. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. Len Walker The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. E276 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ottmachau. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 Dad had one of their recordings. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. Our He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. If you are interested in the full range of licenses available for this material, please contact the Media Sales & Licensing Team. power station, E728 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Neu Oderberg, E732 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Czciakowa, E734 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Schoppintiz, E739 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Dombrowa Grunkolonie, E742 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ober Lazisk, E744 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kazimierz, E746 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte, E749 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Peiskretscham, E750 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kattowitz, E753 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Graumanndorf, E755 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Wojkowitz Komorne, E756 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Radzionkau, E793 (E493) Bau und Arbeits, Battalion 21, BAB 21, Stalag 8b, E794 Bau und Arbeits, Battalion 20, BAB 20 Stalag 8b Hydebreck, E8 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Krappitz. Near East Indies, Jim Healey He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre) Ronald Arnold (front row, far right) Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern agan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tn). I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). 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